Re: Day 01 [0800 hrs.] Active Recovery
Reply #19 –
[ Lieutenant Vanya | Conference Lounge | Deck 01 | Vector 01 | USS Theurgy] attn @Auctor Lucan
Vanya bit her lip as the Captain asked her to explain herself. It was difficult to go back there, she had sincerely hoped that she had seen the back of this kind of nonsense. It would appear that she had been wrong. But if it meant giving Theurgy more of a fighting chance, she was ready to be pulled back in
“Sir, under normal circumstances, it’s a court martial offence for me to tell you this. However, I am not betraying any serious security issues. So here goes.”
She sighed and started her story.
“Not long after I started on the Cayuga, I was contacted by an agent of Starfleet intelligence. He told me that they had found a distress signal from a Tal Shiar agent that was from the project that created me, and I was ordered to help him intercept the asset and bring them to the Federation, It was a lie. He was a Romulan agent that had infiltrated the Federation. "
She looked at the Captain, realising how ridiculous this story sounded, and that it would get even more weird. She continued. “We arrived on an isolated rock used by criminals, but the signal actually came from a group run by an individual claiming to be the Romulan Empress. It's dubious claim at best. Politely, she is a pirate, menacing the Empire on its borders to scratch out enough to feed the people who have followed her. She wanted to duplicate me so that she had an army to conquer Romulus.”
She sighed. “I quickly deduced that she was at risk from this plot as much as I was. My captor could have rendered me inert as soon as we left Federation space, but he wanted me in one piece. The long and short of it was that her lieutenant wanted her dead So by being delivered to the Empress, then apparently dying in an explosion that killed us both I would be killed on an unsanctioned mission with Romulan dissidents. However, because I worked everything out, I earned the respect of the Empress. She even offered me a place in her court. Meanwhile, the liLieutenant would inherit her army”
She realised what a tall tale it was, but she also knew that it was an avenue worth following. “After I returned to the Cayuga, the incident was classified, I was sworn to secrecy, an oath I take seriously. But we’re not exactly in Starfleet’s chain of command and I think the “Empress” such as she is, might be a useful ally. She may be a criminal, but she is protecting her people, those who followed her father and her. If she is out there, she might help us. I think its an avenue worth considering.”
It was a tall tale She hadn’t thought about the Empress in a long while. The Romulan pirate seemed to be a pragmatist, and if the Theurgy was making inroads into Romulus, they could do with all the help they could get.